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ClingSTUN: The Linux Backdoor Hiding in Your Router's Traffic
A newly tracked malware strain is quietly turning home routers, security cameras, and smart-office hardware into a criminal relay network, and it uses the internet's own plumbing to avoid detection.
Hackers Built Malware That Perfectly Mimics Korean and Taiwanese Email Security Boxes
Rapid7 has documented a set of Linux implants so well-tailored to their target appliances that they impersonate specific product files, ports, and processes used in real telecom environments across South Korea and Taiwan.
Zombie Cards, Cut Cables, and a Botnet: The Week's Cybercrime Stories You May Have Missed
T-Mobile physically severed a network cable to stop an active intrusion, a new Linux botnet called Evooo1Bot is spreading across hijacked servers, and Threema's encrypted messaging service was knocked offline by a DDoS attack. Here is what happened.
New Evooo1Bot malware is quietly turning home routers into criminal traffic relays
Researchers say the Mirai-based botnet has been hijacking gateway devices since July to sell as proxies, steal credentials, and launch attacks.
Arch Linux freezes package adoptions after wave of malware sneaks into user repository
A stealer that harvests browser logins and crypto wallets has spread through more than 200 community-maintained Arch packages, forcing the project to hit pause.